2P1-A24 Development of an Automated Microscopic Observation System for Asbestos Qualitative Analysis

Abstract

This paper describes to introduce an automated microscopic observation system for supporting asbestos qualitative analysis work. One of major method for visual asbestos qualitative evaluation method is the dispersion staining method. In a usual visual observation process of it, the operators check the asbestos fibers in the view of the microscope and count the number of the fibrous asbestos fibers. For supporting such works, we are developing an automated microscopic observation system for asbestos qualitative analysis. The system can take the images by mounted microscope and save them to the database automatically. In this paper, we introduce the system concept and the performance by using developed prototype system.